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Net Speed Record Smashed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fast-ethernet-not-so-fast-anymore dept.

BrianWCarver writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists have set a new internet speed record by transferring 6.7 gigabytes of data (the equivalent of 4 hours of DVD-quality movies) across 10,978 kilometres (6,800 miles), from Sunnyvale in the US to Amsterdam in Holland, in less than one minute. Average speed: more than 923 megabits per second, or more than 3,500 times faster than a typical home broadband connection. The data was sent across the Internet2 network. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Slac) Computer Services participated in the record-breaking event. Slac has an interest in such high-speed transfers as they have accumulated the largest known database in the world, which grows at one terabyte per day."

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  1. speed by rgonsalves · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Average speed: more than 923 megabits per second

    Sweet Jeebus!
    Even a retarded midget in a bikini would rule in q3 with that type of bandwidth!

  2. Re:Wow.. Thats fast. by IdleTime · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm not that impressed...

    I transferred about 600Mb between 2 of my PC's here at work in 55.18 seconds.

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